Liquid-dispensing apparatus.



PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

P. J. PLYNN.

LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18. 1906.

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PATENTED MAY 21 P. J. FLYNN.

LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1906.

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sh A /w m l I J No. 854,412. PATENTBD MAY 21, 1907 P. J. PLYNN.

LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIOI FILED AUG. 18, 1906.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.-

PATRICK J. FLYNN,-F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIQUID-DISPENSING APPARATUFS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented- May 21, 1907.

Application filed August 18, 1906. Serial No- 831,167-

} pregnation of liquid with gas.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby two qualities of liquid may be dispensed or delivered in the same vessel, the liquid of one quality being lively,

and the other flat or still, in consequence of the escape of the gas, both liquids being drawn from a single source.

' The invention consists in the improved apparatus which I will now proceed to de- 'plan view of the parts below said line.

scribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this s ecification, Figure 1 represents a vertica sectional view of an apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents'a section online 2-2 of Fig.1, and a i Fi 3 represents an enlargement of a portion 81 Fig. 1 Fig. 4 represents a diagrammatic view illustrating my invention.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a (Fig. 4) represents a chamber which is charged with an aerated or gas impregnated liquid, the said chamber being of a sufficient strength to withstand the internal pressure of the charged liquid.

6 re resents an outlet pipe communicating with t e chamber a, and rovided with a suit able stop cook or shut-0 c, the pi e I) being preferably extended to form a coi 1;, Whichis adapted to be acted on by a cooling medium, such as ice in a receptacle through which the pipe b passes. The said receptacle may be a cask d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

the coil 1) resting upon the bottom head of the cask. An extension 11 of the pipe leading from the coil 6 has a branch b terminat- '-ing in a faucet b, which is ada ted todel iver the charged liquid from the c amber a the branch 1) extending through one side of the cask (Z, as shown in F 2. The extension b enters a reservoir e,- w rich is open to the atmosphere, so that the charged liquid from the chamber'a after entering the reservoir e through the extension 11 will lose its effervescence, and become flat. The reservoir e as here shown is open at its upper end, and provided with a loosely fitting cover, which while protecting the contentsof the reservoir e against dust, etc., does not prevent the escapeof gas therefrom. A loose inner cover 9 may be employed for the same pur ose.

In practice the reservoir e is attac ed to a cylindrical container 11, which-extends from .end to end of the cask, and has a closed end resting on the bottom of the cask, and an open end at the opposite end of the cask, the cover f fitting the said open end. The inner cover 7 g fits the open end of the reservoir e, as shown in Fig. 1. The pipe extension 1) extends through the bottom of the receptacle e, and nearly to the top of said receptacle, Where it discharges the liquid. The outlet end ot the or stem j, which is movable in fixed guides, and is normally closed by means of a spring k.

m. represents a lever which is pivoted at n to a fixed support, and is provided with a float 0 adapted to be raised by an accumulation of liquid in the reservoir 12. When the level of the liquid in the reservoir e has been suitably reduced by the removal of li uid through an outlet pipe 1), provided wit a cock p, the descent ol the float 0 and lever m causes the shorter arm of said lever, which is engaged with a collar on the stem j, to raise the valve j, and thus permit the entrance of liquid through the pipe b into the reservoir \Vhen the liquid rises in the reservoir 0 to a predetermined height, a corresponi'ling rise of the lloat 0 causes the shorter arm of the lever '11, aided by the spring L, to close the valve j, and shut off the entrance of liquid into the reservoir e. The outlet pipe 1) extends through one side of the cask, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the described apparatus is adapted to dispense either aerated or charged liquid alone from the chamber a, or flat liquid alone from the receptacle e, or a mixture of said liquids. It will also be seen that the reservoir e is ke t automatically supplied with liquid from tiie chamber a so long as the latter remains charged, the liquid entering the reservoir e losing its efi'ervescence and becoming flat, owing to the escape of gas from the said reservoir.

extension 6 has a valve 1' attached to a rod ICC no i

corres onding portions of the casin the reservoir e being shorter than the casing erably cylindrical and of uniform diameter,

'ment of the float 0.

The reservoir e is preferably provided with flat opposite sides, between which and the z are former chambers or spaces 1 1', whic communicate with chambers or spaces 8 t in the upper and lower end portions of the casmga,

i, as shown in Fig. 1. The spaces r 1' and s t are adapted to receive ice for the urpose of coolin the li uids dispensed by tl e apparatus. when t e covers f and g are removed, ice may be inserted in the spaces r r until the said spaces and the lower space t are filled. Then after the cover 9 is re laced, the space s may be filled with ice, t e cover f being subsequently replaced, The casing i is prefwhile the cask d bulges at its central portion, so that an air s ace u is formed around the casing 71, and t e ice therein, the said air space tending to preserve the ice.

'0 represents an adjustable stop screw adapted to limit the upward movement of the valve stem 1" and valve j, thus preventing excessive or needless downward move- The pipe I) and its branches constitute a branched conduit leading from a source of charged liquid supply, one branch delivering charged 11 uid to the dispensin faucet I), while the ot er branch dellvers c arged liquid to the reservoir 6, in which the liquid becomes flat owing to the escape of gas from the reservoir.

I claim:

A liquid dispensing apparatus comprising an outer casing, an inner casing bearing on the bottom of the-outer casing, the bodyportions of the inner and outer casings being separated by a closed air s ace a surrounding the inner casing, a flati uid reservoir e attached to theupper part 0 the inner casing, and separated from the bottom of the latter by anice storage space t which is also surrounded by the air space u spaces 1' Theing provided betweenopposite sides of the reservoir and the inner casing for the admission of ice to the s ace 1! and for the storage of ice above the atter, a conduit leading from a charged-liquid supply and entering.

the chamber 25, the conduit having branches within said chamber, one branch entering the reservoir e, and the other being elongated and coiled, and extending as a charged-liquid outlet through the walls of the inner and outer casings, means for controllin the branch entering the reservoir, a flat-Ti uid outlet extending from the reservoir through the walls of the casings, and means outside the casing for controllin said liquid outlets, the spaces t and r hol ing ice in suitable proximit to the char ed li uid outlet branch 0 the conduit, am? to the ottom and sides of the fiat-liquid reservoir, while the air space a surrounds all the ice spacesand the flat-liquid reservoir.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK J. FLYN N Witnesses:

P. W. PEzzETTI, E. BATCHELDER. 

